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- Title
Emergence of a Multiresistant Serotype 19A Pneumococcal Strain Not Included in the 7-Valent Conjugate Vaccine as an Otopathogen in Children.
- Authors
Pichichero, Michael E.; Casey, Janet R.
- Abstract
This article presents a study seeking to address concerns that a multiresistant strain of pneumococcal bacteria has surfaced in the U.S. and is not covered by the 7-valent conjugate vaccine approved by the Food & Drug Administration (FDA). The vaccine had a significant impact on stopping pneumococcal infections in children reducing the disease by 69 to 91 percent. Additionally, the vaccine decreased rates of acute otitis media (AOM) in children by 20 percent. The study looked to see if the bacteria had changed following the introduction of the vaccine and found that it has. The strain is an otopathogen and it is resistant to all FDA approved antibiotics for the treatment of AOM in children.
- Subjects
UNITED States; PREVENTIVE medicine; EAR diseases; MIDDLE ear diseases; IMMUNIZATION of children; PNEUMOCOCCAL vaccines; BACTERIAL vaccines; STREPTOCOCCUS pneumoniae; OTITIS media in children; DRUG resistance in microorganisms; UNITED States. Food &; Drug Administration; DISEASE risk factors
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2007, Vol 298, Issue 15, p1772
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1001/jama.298.15.1772